Method for production of candies from a strand of confection

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the continuous forming of high density, seamless candies from a strand of confectionary material provided with a viscous filling. Candy blanks are first cut from an incoming soft strand and then pressed into candy pieces of the desired shape. The apparatus includes cooperative complementally formed pairs of separating teeth as well as pairs of members for shaping the candy and stamping chambers arranged in a rotating rotor.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
       1. A method of forming candy blanks from a cylindrical confectionary strand having a liquid filling comprising the steps of, moving a pair of separating teeth from a disengaged open position into an engaged operative position to form a blanking chamber for severing and forming a separate candy blank having seamed zones from the confectionary strand, moving a pair of axially aligned stamping dies towards each other against opposite sides of a candy blank in said blanking chamber to compress the flat seams of said blank and to preform said blank, moving said pair of stamping dies in the same direction into an associated laterally open one-piece stamping chamber with said preformed candy blank retained therebetween to form-fittedly tighten said blank, moving said pair of stamping dies closer together with said candy blank retained therebetween in said associated stamping chamber to form a finished candy blank free of flash overflow, moving said pair of stamping dies apart with said finished candy blank disposed in said associated stamping chamber and ejecting said finished candy blank from said associated stamping chamber.